Sustainable Brands

Sustainable Brands is the premier global community of brand innovators who are shaping the future of commerce worldwide. Since 2006, our goal has been to inspire, engage, and equip business leaders and practitioners who see social and environmental challenges as an essential driver of brand innovation, value creation, and positive impact.
Sustainable Brands Reveals Initial Conference Details for Annual Flagship Conference
3,000+ brand and innovation leaders to convene June 3-6 at SB’19 Detroit SAN FRANCISCO, November 27, 2018 – Sustainable Brands® recently released the event brochure for its annual flagship conference: SB’19 Detroit. More than 3,000 business le... View More
Experts Gather to Discuss ROI of Sustainable Business at New Metrics '18
The Sustainable Brands® community gathers today in Philadelphia, PA to kick off the 8th annual New Metrics conference. Over 300 global executives from brands like Nike, Salesforce, and Eileen Fisher are convening to unveil cutting-edge corporate pra... View More
Sustainable Brands Launches Self-Assessment Tool for Brands Navigating Sustainability
The SB Brand Transformation RoadmapSM launches today at SB’18 Vancouver as a pioneering self-assessment tool that provides a comprehensive process plan for continuous improvement in sustainability. A first of its kind, it is specifically designed f... View More
Redesigning for Success in Sustainability: Introducing the SB Brand Transformation Roadmap
Many responsible brands are by now committed to benefiting both our planet and its people, but becoming a truly sustainable brand takes courageous leadership and a commitment to continuous improvement over time. At Sustainable Brands® we’ve worked... View More
Sustainable Brands Gathers Global Brand Innovation Leaders at SB’18 Vancouver
Sustainable Brands kicks off its largest community gathering today with Sustainable Brands '18 Vancouver at the Vancouver Convention Centre West in Vancouver, British Columbia. Over 2,000 business executives along with their teams from 33+ countries... View More
Sustainable Brands Reveals Final Program Details for SB’18 Vancouver
Sustainable Brands recently announced final program details for SB’18 Vancouver, running June 4-7 at Vancouver Convention Centre West in Vancouver, British Columbia. Programming this year will take place on the mainstage, through breakout sessions ... View More
Sustainable Brands and Pixelis Announce Pan-European Conference Partnership
SAN FRANCISCO, April 10, 2018 - Sustainable Brands® recently announced a strategic partnership with Pixelis, a branding agency based in Paris, France committed to design, innovation and sustainability. Sustainable Brands has partnered with Pixelis t... View More
Trust In Food™, a Farm Journal Media Platform, Named Media Partner of SB’18 Vancouver, the Global Flagship Conference of Sustainable Brands
Lenexa, Kan. (April 4, 2018)—Farm Journal Media’s Trust In Food™ platform (www.TrustInFood.com) has been named a media partner of SB’18 Vancouver. The global flagship conference of Sustainable Brands will take place June 4–7 at the Vancouve... View More
Sustainable Brands Seeks Entrepreneurs for Startup Business Competition
Innovation Open calls for submissions from socially and environmentally conscious ventures to compete at SB’18 Vancouver SAN FRANCISCO, March 20, 2018 – Sustainable Brands® recently opened submissions for its internationally recognized startup b... View More
Sustainable Brands to Convene Global Executives at SB’18 Vancouver
Google, Revlon, 21st Century Fox, and Clif Bar among companies confirmed to attend June 4-7th SAN FRANCISCO, February 6, 2018 – Sustainable Brands® reveals highlights for its upcoming global flagship conference: SB’18 Vancouver. ... View More
Sustainability Today: Fall/Winter 2018
Sustainability Today in partnership with Innovation & Tech Today. Special Report: The New Reality - Our Burning Melting World ... View More
Practicing Purpose: How to Turn Social Purpose Into Growth
Launched during SB’17 Detroit, the Practice of Purpose Project seeks to drive the widespread adoption of social purpose by identifying the differences between traditional marketing and marketing based on purpose-drive brand strategies. ... View More
A Common Thread: Timberland on Its Company-Wide Culture of Sustainability
News Deeply, in partnership with Sustainable Brands, has produced a series of profiles looking at how brands are tackling some of the world’s biggest challenges. The goal is to examine trends and gather insights from a new wave of corporate citizen... View More
How Savers Is Cultivating Community Through Reuse
As we navigate tumultuous times in our country and across the globe, people are looking to businesses to cultivate community, either through their own programs or through partnerships. According to the 2017 Edelman Trust Barometer, businesses and NGO... View More
The Good Life through the Lens of Global Sustainability Influencers
This presentation will unveil new research data that helps explain how sustainable business leaders and influencers around the world currently imagine The Good Life and the roles they believe brands can play in delivering it. Representing a partnersh... View More
Sustainable Brands and Detroit Public Television (DPTV) Announce Media Partnership
SAN FRANCISCO, May 08, 2017 – Sustainable Brands® recently announced a media partnership with Detroit Public Television (DPTV), a viewer-supported PBS member station that serves the nation’s 11th largest television market. DPTV will work with Su... View More
How We’re Working with Sustainable Brands to HATCH a Better World
Last year at Sustainable Brands ‘16 San Diego, my Hemmings House colleague, Jon Robertson, and I hosted a workshop about the power of impact film storytelling, and how we as brands can accelerate positive social/environmental change by sharing stor... View More
Sustainability Today
Publishing the premier digital magazine for issues related to sustainability, Innovation & Tech Today works in proud partnership with Sustainable Brands® to investigate advances in sustainability-led innovation for businesses. "Sustainabili... View More
The Love Economy: Fixing the Economic Jenga That Greed Built
I recently had the honor of speaking on the TEDx stage. In my talk, I asked: “Can we build an economy that isn’t built on greed? Is it possible to build an economy that is additive, not depletive?” I believe we can, and I believe the Sustainabl... View More

